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October 2013 Issue 25: 3 October, 2013 The IAAP Bulletin The IAAP Bulletin The International Association of Applied Psychology Covering the World of Applied Psychology Volume 25, Number 2013 3 Volume October, Christchurch, New Zealand The Middle of Middle Earth--Wellington, New Zealand In this Issue: Psychology and Africa, Remembering Charlie Spielberger, Members’ Awards, Division News, Thoughts from Middle Earth, Call for Nomination of Fellows, pages pages 1–68 Coping in Difficult Economic Times, ICAP 2014, Commentary and more… Editor: Valerie Hearn, USA Email for submissions: vchearn@comcast net 001-apnl-v25-i3-oc(2.65mm).indd 1 8/23/2013 3:41:11 PM Divisions of IAAP Division 1—Work and Organizational Psychology Handan Kepir Sinangil, President. [email protected] Division 2—Psychological Assessment and Evaluation Thomas Oakland, President. [email protected] Division 3—Psychology and Societal Development Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı, President. [email protected] Division 4—Environmental Psychology Linda Steg, President. [email protected] Division 5—Educational and School Psychology Kit-Tai Hau, President. [email protected] Division 6—Clinical and Community Psychology Neville Blampied, President. [email protected] Division 7—Applied Gerontology Florence Denmark, President. [email protected] Division 8—Health Psychology Aleksandra Luszczynska, President. [email protected] Division 9—Economic Psychology Erich Kirchler, President. [email protected] Division 10—Psychology and Law Alfred Allan, President. [email protected] Division 11—Political Psychology Takehiko Ito, President. [email protected] Division 12—Sport Psychology Howard Hall, President. [email protected] Division 13—Traffic Psychology Gerald Matthews, President. [email protected] Division 14—Applied Cognitive Psychology Boris M. Velichkovsky, President. [email protected] Division 15—Student Division Anna Sagana, President. [email protected] Division 16—Counselling Psychology Mark Savickas, President. [email protected] Division 17—Professional Practice James Bray, President. [email protected] Division 18—History of Applied Psychology Heliodoro Carpintero, President. [email protected] 002-apnl-v25-i3-ic(2.65mm).indd 1 8/23/2013 3:41:21 PM Editorial It’s so much fun to be able to visit wonderful places around the world to attend international conferences. I’m writing this editorial in yet a different place in the world, namely Stockholm, where the European Congress of Psychology’s biennial conference is being held. Speaking of conferences, in the President’s Corner, our President, José M. Pieró, issues an invitation to all of us to attend the next Regional Conference of Psychology, The Eastern Africa Regional Conference of Psychology (EARCP) which will be held in Kampala, Uganda from the 6th to the 8th of November. The conference theme is “The Role of Psychology in Addressing Societal Challenges”. http://rcp2013ug.org Also from Africa, we have an article describing the historic 1st Pan-African Psychology Union Workshop. Again speaking of conferences, our ICAP will be here before you know it. The Congress President, Christine Roland-Lévy, gives us details. Also, see: www.icap.2014.com Congratulations to our President, José Maria Pieró, and our President-Elect, Janel Gauthier. Each has recently won a prestigious award. For details, read further. The Division News is especially interesting this time as it contains more than the usual amount of news and information about the goings on of our Divisions and their members. This is due, in part, because there are a number of Division Annual Reports included, in addition to the regular news of the Divisions. The Annual Reports describe the activities of the Divisions over the last year. If your Division isn’t as active as you might like it to be, reading these annual reports should give you a plethora of ideas about projects that your Division might undertake. This issue is also unusual in that there are two articles written about clinical psychology, a subject dear to my heart. James Bray, the new president of the relatively new Division 17, Professional Practice, talks about a symposium he will be giving at the ICAP in Paris with Dr. Robyn Vines on a collaborative model of mental and general health care. He also talks about Give an Hour, an organization in the United States which connects psychologists willing to give an hour of pro bono therapy each week to veterans who need that therapy. Also, in the Division 18 news, there is an article about the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Our friend and colleague, Charlie Spielberger, died on June 11th. He was known the world over for his contributions to the field of applied clinical psychology. He played many roles in universities and professional associations as well as in the lives of individuals. Read on for the warm, touching tributes to Charlie. Continue reading for information about the call for nominations for IAAP Fellows. Do you know an IAAP member who is a distinguished psychologist who you would like to see awarded Fellow status? Any IAAP member is eligible to submit nominations. See the article from Mike Knowles. Also in Bulletin we have a description of a research project “The Great Recession: Stress and Coping in Difficult Economic Times” and as always, last but never least, “Commentary” by Robert Morgan. 1 apnl_v25_i3.indd 1 8/23/2013 3:41:13 PM P.S. I have been fortunate to have seen Ray and Sandy Fowler twice recently. They are doing well in sunny Southern California or “Paradise” as San Diego residents call it. Here’s a picture to prove it. –Valerie Hearn, Editor, IAAP Bulletin Ray and Sandy Fowler President’s Corner The Eastern Africa Regional Conference of Psychology (EARCP): “The Role of Psychology in Addressing Societal Challenges” I’d like to devote this President’s Corner to the next EARCP, which IAAP is sponsoring along with IUPsyS and IACCP, with several aims in mind: First to provide you with relevant information about it (you can learn more on the web site of the conference, http://rcp2013ug.org), second to reflect about the meaning of this type of activity for our Association and finally to invite you José M. Peiró, to participate in it. IAAP President Let me first share with you some information. The EARCP will be held in Kampala (Uganda) from 6 to 8 November, 2013. It is organized by the Uganda Society of Applied Psychologists in cooperation with the Uganda National Psychology Association. It is the first time a regional conference will take place in the Eastern Africa Region. It aims to bringing together academic, professional, non-practicing, and student psychologists within the Region (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Sudan, Sudan and Ethiopia) and the diaspora. Psychologists from any other region of the world are also welcome and there are already quite a number who have registered to participate. The EARCP is the tenth Regional Conference organized under the sponsorship of IAAP, IUPsyS and IACCP. The first one was held in Guangzhou, (China) in 1995. IAAP has the primary responsibility for supporting and cooperating closely with the local organizers. 2 apnl_v25_i3.indd 2 8/23/2013 3:41:14 PM The proposal to organize the conference in the Eastern Africa Region was initially made by Ray Fowler during his presidency. John Munnene, a member of the IAAP BoD, is the chair of the conference and Michael Frese is acting as the primary liaison on behalf of IAAP, in cooperation with Michel Sabourin (IUPsyS) and Bill Gabrenya (IACCP). The scientific com- mittee is composed of researchers, academics and professionals from different countries in the region and their members. They, along with the organizing committee, are working hard to offer an excellent program and also a space for information exchange, learning, networking and cooperation. The program covers a wide array of areas and disciplines such as General psychological health (healthy behavior, sexuality, disabilities, disaster survivors, etc.); Psychology in the work place (motivation, self-employment productivity enhancement systems, coping with poverty, . .); Positive Psychology (happiness and national development, strength based approaches, . .); Psychosocial issues of youth and children (parenting and parenting styles, youth rebellion, street children, child abuse and domestic violence); Psychological testing, data analysis and interpretation; Educational and school psychology (Career counseling, universal education; special needs, . .); Gender development and identity (women in leadership, gender based violence, roles and culture, . .); and other topics such as Curriculum development, the Psychology profession, the Culture of peace and conflict resolution and Psychology and the environment. About a dozen workshops are already confirmed: Conflict and peace building (Chalmers Thompson), Cultural psychology methods (Robert Serpell), Designing situational interviews (Gary Latham), Disaster management (Judy Kuriansky), Ethics (Janel Gauthier), HR systems development (David Guest), Stress management (José Peiró), Structural equation modeling (Gerrit Rooks), Training of entrepreneurs (Michael Frese), Youth Rebellion (Mirian Ofonedu) and Developing non-cognitive diagnostic instruments (Neal Schmitt). In addition, a number of keynote speakers have also confirmed their participation: Saths Cooper, Chalmer Thomson, Mohammed Seedat, Gerrit Rooks, Robert Serpell, Umesh Bawa and Shahnaaz Suffla. The Conference aims to fulfill
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